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Chanse MacLeod
Chanse MacLeod
Series · 7 books · 2002-2014
By
Greg Herren
Books in series
#1
Murder In The Rue Dauphine
2002
For gay New Orleans private eye Chanse MacLeod, it seemed like a simple case: find out who was blackmailing his pretty-boy client's rich, closeted boyfriend, collect a nice check, and take some time off. But then the pretty boy turns up dead in what looks like a hate crime and the gay community of New Orleans is up in arms, demanding justice. In the stifling heat of a New Orleans summer, Chanse searches for an extremely clever killer on a trail leading to a gay rights organization, boys for hire, and New Orleans society, knowing he has to find the killer before the entire city explodes.
#2
Murder In The Rue St. Ann
2004
When sexy gay private eye Chanse MacLeod investigates the financial shenanigans of club promoter Mark Williams, he discovers that not only does Williams have ties to the New Orleans judiciary, he also has ties to Chanse’s lover, Paul—a connection that reveals secrets about Paul’s past that Chanse had never guessed and now wishes he didn’t know. When Paul disappears, it seems his past has caught up with him in a terrifying way. Greg Herren is the author of Murder in the Rue Dauphine, which also features Chanse MacLeod, and Bourbon Street Blues . He lives in New Orleans.
#3
Murder In The Rue Chartres
2007
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, private detective Chanse MacLeod returns to a different, shattered New Orleans in an attempt to rebuild his own life. He soon discovers that Iris Verlaine, his last client before the storm, was murdered the very night she hired him to find her long-missing father. Compelled to solve the murder amidst a devastated city, Chanse finds himself immersed in the Verlaine family's deadly web of intrigue and secrets, one where money - and bodies - are tainted with blood.
#4
Murder In The Rue Ursulines
2008
As New Orleans continues to rebuild in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Chanse MacLeod becomes involved in a high-profile case involving a Hollywood golden couple who have committed themselves to helping New Orleans recover. It's up to Chanse to find out who is sending them threatening e-mails, but the secrets they are keeping lead to murder. With his own life now at risk, Chanse has to catch a diabolical killer before the body count escalates.
#5
Murder In The Garden District
2009
A leading candidate for the upcoming senatorial race and a scion of a Louisiana political dynasty is shot to death in his Garden District mansion, and the prime suspect is his much younger second wife with a checkered past. Detective Chanse MacLeod enters a world where nothing is as it seems, and uncovers the dark secrets of the state’s first family—secrets someone is willing to kill to keep. Greg Herren is the author of four previous novels in the Chanse MacLeod series. He lives in New Orleans.
#6
Murder in the Irish Channel
2011
It begins as a simple missing persons case-a young MMA fighter's mother has mysteriously disappeared. But as New Orleans private eye Chanse MacLeod starts digging around, he discovers that she is the leader of a group fighting the powerful Archdiocese of New Orleans over the closing of two churches. As the trail leads from corrupt church officials to powerful real estate developers to the world of cage fighting, Chanse soon realizes there are a lot of powerful people who want to make sure she stays gone-and don't have a problem with getting rid of a pesky gay private eye.
#7
Murder in the Arts District
2014
When neither the cops nor their insurance company believes a wealthy gay couple’s valuable art collection was stolen, they hire Chanse MacLeod to track down the thieves and the missing art. Chanse isn’t entirely sure he believes the couple, either—especially when it turns out some of the art may have been forgeries. The trail of the art leads him to a new gallery on Julia Street in the Arts District opened by a couple new to town that seem to have no past. When one of them turns up dead and the other vanishes, it’s now up to Chanse to find not only the missing art, but a ruthless murderer who will kill anyone who gets in the way.
Author
Greg Herren
Author · 27 books